HEALTH
Villagers in remote part of northern Somalia relying on traditional remedies in measles outbreak
(ERGO)- Fifty one measles patients have been on their sick beds in their homes in Yadagta area, 120 km north of...
Families fleeing from Bakool to Bay region in southern Somalia in search of food
(ERGO) - More than 1,000 desperate families from Tiyeglow in southern Somali’s Bakool region have migrated to Baidoa in neighbouring...
Hudur hospital reopens after three year closure
Hudur hospital, the only hospital in southern Somalia’s entire Bakool region equipped for a wide range of health services, has...
Diarrhoea in villages and IDP camps in El-Waq, Gedo region
A diarrhoea outbreak is affecting remote villages and IDP camps in parts of El-waq district of southern Somalia’s Gedo region,...
Child deaths from malnutrition in IDP camps 70 km from Hargeisa
Samira Dirir Adan, aged 16 months, died from malnutrition earlier this month in in the squalid camps in Balli-Mataan village,...
Herders descend on northern town of Kalabaydh following recent rain
Scores of trucks have been whipping up the dust in the northern Somali town of Kalabaydh, (meaning ‘crossroads’), as the...
Family in remote northern Somali village sell last camel in lost bid to save daughter sick with measles
Saleban Mohamed Mire lost two of his daughters, aged six and two, from measles in the space of a week...
Child deaths from diarrhoea in remote part of Mudug
Seven children died from diarrhoeal disease in October in a remote part of Somalia’s Mudug region, according to staff at...
Women dying in childbirth due to lack of health services in Bakool
Three women in Elbarde, a remote village in southern Somalia’s Bakool region, died this month due to lack of access...
Mogadishu in need of a blood bank
Medical personnel are calling for the urgent reopening of national blood bank facilities in the Somali capital Mogadishu following the...
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